Top news on Wednesday morningKulbhushan Jadhav verdict out today
The International Court of Justice at The Hague is slated to deliver its verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case between India and Pakistan at 6:30 pm IST. The retired Indian Navy officer was arrested and sentenced to death on espionage and terrorism charges in Pakistan.
Karnataka crisis in SC: Court to rule today on rebel MLAs' plea
The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the pleas of 15 rebel Karnataka MLAs against Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar for not accepting their resignations from the Assembly. The future of the H D Kumaraswamy government will be decided post the judgment. If the resignations are accepted, the Congress-JDS coalition will lose the majority.
In undecided Congress, first open call for Priyanka: She should be party chief
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to take over as Congress president? Her name had not come up publicly so far as Rahul, while resigning, had said that the party should appoint someone other than a member of the Gandhi family. The push for Priyanka comes at a time when senior leaders fear that she may not have the kind of acceptability in the party that her brother still has.
Opinion: Her own space to pray
Unlike men, women in Islam do not have a religious obligation to offer the Friday or five daily prayers in mosques. But all mosques should have a designated place for women, write Faizan Mustafa and Jagteshwar Sohi in an opinion column.
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